On the way back from Texas this past weekend,
we made a stop in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
We decided to visit the Vicksburg National Military Park.
It was a big battle and siege during the Civil War.
Here are some pictures that I took from the Park.
The Mississippi River
The Memorial Arch
The Illinois Memorial
The Shirley House
African American Memorial
General Grant Memorial
in the place where he had his headquarters during the Siege at Vicksburg
Tunnel at one of the battlefields
Looking out of the tunnel to one of the battlefields
U.S.S. Cairo, a Union battleship that was sunk by the Confederate Army, they are now restoring.
Vicksburg National Cemetery in the Park where Union Soldiers are buried.
Looking out to the Mississippi River
On top of Fort Hill, looking at the Mississippi River
Cedar Hill Cemetery -- one of the Confederate Sections
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